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Harborough Solar One

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Governance and people

Harborough Solar One is a Community Benefit Society overseen by a voluntary Board of Directors. It is owned by its investors with each member having one vote.

Governance

Harborough Energy has established the Community Benefit Society (referred to as Harborough Solar One or ‘the Society’) to own the solar PV array at the identified site and will have a 20-year licence with NBJ (the host organisation) under which it will agree to maintain the solar system and provide the host with electricity produced at the site. The host organisation will benefit from reduced electricity cost through a Power Purchase Agreement with the Society.

Corporate Governance

Harborough Energy has established the Community Benefit Society (referred to as Harborough Solar One or ‘the Society’) to own the solar PV array at the identified site.

The following diagram explains the relationship between Sustainable Harborough, Harborough Energy and Harborough Solar One.

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting, which all investors are entitled to attend, takes place each November. Members will be informed about the exact date and location by Harborough Energy.

People

Management

Harborough Solar One's sole activities are the installation, generation and supply of renewable energy. The Society does not employ any staff and contracts out these activities below:

Installation, service and maintenance contractors

Following a competitive quotation process, Environmental Energies, a well-established local company, has been selected to be our partner installer. Investors in our previous share offer will remember that Environmental Energies installed the panels at Woodnewton and Archway House and the board continues to be confident in their standards of workmanship and are particularly pleased with the company’s ongoing support to the co-operative.

Non-executive directors

After 25 years in the waste sector, Peter is involved in expounding and delivery of the emergent circular economy, having initiated the Biffaward Mass Balance Programme from 1997 to 2008. Now retired from Biffa, he is operating in non-executive or support roles for advanced thermal conversion technology companies as well as pro bono work for Policy Connect, environmental NGOs, CIWEM and a Community Interest Company establishing low carbon best practice in Leicestershire. That work facilitates links between funders, technology providers, waste companies, property companies and fossil energy users.

Peter qualified as an Industrial Economist in 1969, holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southampton for work associated with environmental technologies and is a Member or Fellow of CIM, CIWEM, CIWM, CILT. He was awarded an OBE for services to the environment in 2007.

He has advised a wide range of blue chips with regard to Distributed Energy from Waste, Chaired the WRAP sponsored Gas to Grid Group and the now defunct but ground breaking West Midlands study into co-location of renewable energy and recovery processes. Peter has been on the Harborough Energy board since late 2014. Peter has also acted as Chair of an Educational Trust in Northamptonshire in the process of adapting to changing needs for scale and improvement in performance.

Darren has over 25 years of experience in delivering software systems to business and is a keen environmentalist. As the co-founder of Transition Town Market Harborough, Darren initiated the lottery funding application that eventually established Sustainable Harborough which then oversaw the formation of Harborough Energy.

Darren has strong local contacts and his desire is to improve the sustainability of the town and deliver clean efficient energy and improve the wealth and outcomes of the local population. He has been on the Harborough Energy board since late 2014.

David has lived in Harborough for over 30 years whilst working across England in service management, information sharing, energy and transport related initiatives. He has had a keen interest in fuel conservation, process efficiency, sustainability and environmental issues since the early 80s.

Working with the Harborough Energy board since early 2016 has allowed him to get involved locally and apply his business experience and technical skills to help improve sustainability for Harborough people and local businesses.

David is also a volunteer Master Composter assisting community schemes and residents in and around the Market Harborough area to reuse ‘waste’ materials, save money and reduce carbon.

Gavin has worked in the environmental sector for the past 17 years, recently finishing a role managing the Sustainable Harborough project which was involved with the establishment of Harborough Energy.

Gavin is passionate about renewable energy and community ownership. Gavin’s family home is part of the Superhome network of low energy homes.

As Community Energy Development Officer, Denise has day-to-day responsibility for the Harborough Energy project. With a masters’ degree in Climate Change and Sustainable Development she has worked extensively in both the renewable energy sector and in delivering community engagement including managing the Energy Saving Trust advice service for the Midlands, providing strategic energy support for local authorities across the UK and working on renewables within the agricultural sector.

Oliver was Chairman of the Challenge Partnership Board for the Big Lottery Funded Sustainable Harborough project and has been a Harborough Energy board member since early 2016. He has worked in environmental sustainability policy and projects for nearly 30 years working in local government, the voluntary sector and as an Independent Consultant. Oliver has lived in Leicester for the past 25 years and has a commitment to supporting local environmental initiatives. His other passion is cricket and Oliver coaches juniors at Leicester Electricity Sports Cricket Club.

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